No pre-orders is a circle jerk there’s no real reason for people to want pre-orders to end so in honesty everything is worth pre-ordering because every game would satisfy at least one person so yeah everything’s worth it.

I just pre-ordered Assassin’s Creed, it’s the only thing I’ve pre-ordered. I did it to get the game early and the store clerk said sometimes they sell out or the lines for regular sales is super long. Especially since it comes out in November.

worth is a personal thing. was it worth it to preorder spider-man to get 5 bonus skill points and some other stuff? i didn’t think so. maybe someone else would. it’s worth it if you value what they’re offering.

some games like battlefield (i think) let you play early. that might be worth it to get a leg up on the competition, but it won’t matter once everyone’s caught up. you’d just be better for maybe a week or so. if you value being better and winning some matches early on, then it might be worth it for you. it all just matters on what you personally value.

i don’t think for the consumer, really. unless they’re giving away the season pass or something that’s actually worth some monetary value to the consumer (or makes progression faster, thus saving time which is also valuable) then i’d say no.

preorders are for sales projections, marketing pushes, shareholders, possibly some additional funding for the end of development (of an unfinished and thus unproven game). also for boosting hype which makes the game appear more desirable, hopefully providing more sales which again doesn’t exactly help the consumer. but this is all my opinion

A lot of people also do it to play as fast as possible, digital pre-orders for example often give you the option to pre-load the game onto your system. Its really nice if you're someone with slower internet speeds.

it installs them off the disk. it at least saves on some data from my data cap. once you put the disk in, it starts installing then it checks for an update and starts downloading that. the only thing i can’t stand is games like wildlands that “installed” the game but once i opened it, it then started the installation (still off the disk). minor annoyance, but still something i wish didn’t happen.

I only ever pre ordered one game, before digital downloads were the norm, because i wanted to play day one. Now with digital copies, i have no need to pre order anything. So unless you like cosmetics or playing afew days early, there is no reason to preorder.